Going into last night’s Hell in a Cell pay per view, it didn’t seem like there was much expectation from the Divas Championship match. Considering the last time the Raw Divas were on pay per view, you can’t exactly blame fans for not caring too much about it. Plus WWE always has a tendency to announce Divas matches the week of the pay per view, showing how very little care and effort goes into booking the Divas on these events. I digress however, against the odds I felt Mickie James and Alicia Fox delivered a decent effort in a rare pay per view spot.
While not the most fast paced “let’s get all our spots in” match that Diva fans have become accustomed to, this match was slower paced perhaps due to the time given and allowed for a slow burn.
The match starts fairly slowly with a lockup as both women try to gain the upper hand, Mickie manages to hit a takedown on Alicia. As they break apart, Alicia throws some rather steely looks the way of the Divas Champion. Tyra would be proud of the facial work. Another lockup with Alicia taking the lead now, with an arm lock but the veteran manages to counter with a cartwheel and a legsweep. Alicia kicks out of a pin and we are back to the glances between the challenger and champion.
Mickie nicely counters a hip toss into a monkey flip and walks into lefts and rights from the champ. Snapmare followed by a low dropkick, which was executed and sold nicely. Another nearfall and another kick out followed by a neckbreaker. Mickie then goes up top, I’m assuming for a Thesz Press, but Alicia manages to throw her off. An overzealous Alicia tries to pin Mickie not once, but twice, showing her desire for the Divas Title. Alicia then applies a very nice submission move, a chinlock while digging her knee into the back of Mickie’s neck. I like the innovation there. Mickie begins to fight back, launching at her but Alicia counters into a lovely tilt-a-whirl backbreaker followed by a Maryse-esque taunt, not feeling it Ms Foxy. Alicia then wraps her legs around Mickie in another submission move while hitting her viciously with her arms. Mickie begins elbowing her way out of the move, Alicia hits her with a knee to the face. It seems like fatigue is beginning to set in for both Divas here.
Mickie comes back with a few forearms and clotheslines followed by her leg scissors from the corner. Mickie again goes to the top for a Thesz Press and this time connects. This leads to a setup for her tornado DDT finisher, however Alicia holds her ground backing Mickie into the corner. Alicia then hits a northern lights suplex and goes for a pin, the arch on her suplex is beautiful. Mickie kicks out of the pin, Alicia sets up her scissors kick but Mickie wisely moves out of the way. Mickie then sets her up for the DDT again and this time connects; that DDT makes me cringe everytime I see it! It looks sick and very effective but in a botched way. It looks as though Alicia couldn’t lift Mickie up for the move. Insert your own jokes here.
Honestly, I felt that somewhat botched DDT was the low point of the match as the work had been solid up until that point. Even then, like I said, the DDT looked sick so I guess there’s some consolation to be had.
It wasn’t exactly a big, boisterous battle of epic proportions but I felt it was a solid match and both Divas did a good job. I felt this match was more of a test for Alicia than anything else, to see if she can handle the spotlight on a pay per view and I think she more than held her own. Her northern lights suplex, tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and her usual great selling shone here. Alicia made a solid effort on her first real pay per view outing and I think she passes said test. Even though Divas are rarely on pay per view, I guess it’s important for the stars they want to push to be able to handle that ‘big time’ feel of being on the card.
I didn’t see Alicia winning the title last night, but I do think the match was an indicator as to where WWE wanted to go next with her and Mickie. If the match was bad, drop it and move onto the next thing [perhaps Mickie-Beth] but if it was decent, which I thought it was, they would continue it. I guess we’ll get our answer tonight on Raw. For me personally, judging from last night, I do hope they continue the Alicia push. If they do, I would think the title will be around Alicia’s waist sooner or later. They usually don’t trigger title changes in the first encounter, so perhaps in the next match or one down the line. Mickie has iffy chemistry with most girls — it’s either there or it’s not, I thought she had better chemistry with Alicia than she has had with some of her past challengers. That’s a good sign.
I think there’s more that can be developed here, for example personality and character for Alicia. I’m not loving the whole Maryse-esque posing thing, I really do enjoy her ‘preppy’ humour ["OHMAGAWDDDDD"]. I’d love to see her doing more stuff like that, sort of like Chastity from 10 Things I Hate About You.
Decent effort and I look forward to them working together some more.
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I didn’t like the match however I did make fools out of most of my youtube friends who were betting that alicia would win,haha
alicia got her spotlight but seriosuly,she does not deserve a longer push,she got a PPV title match which was more then generous,WWE SHOULD PUSH JILLIAN:D
agreed, would love to see jillian challenge mickie for the title and beat her. you can guarantee it’d be a better match than anything we’ve seen lately from the raw gang.
I will never understand why WWE haven’t put Jillian in a feud for the Womens or Divas Championships. We all know her skills and credentials as a wrestler. I haven’t seen the match yet, I do really like Alicia Fox as it’s always good to see someone from developmental doing so well as a wrestler.
all jillian fans should got to WWE.com divas section wheres theres a poll on who should face mickie next for the divas title,Jillian has over 80% of the vote while the other divas are failing,VOTE FOR JILLIAN!!!!!
seriously though,WWE can’t be that mean and cruel,they gotta push her eventually,either way,I will never give up on Jillian
Jillian has got such an incredible fan base :D
She is the MOST epic diva right now. WWE just stops using her, they can make her sing the national athem while dressed as Britney Spears, trash-talking mexican people. WE LOVE HER!!!
If WWE doesn’t make her contender, I will get MAAAAD! WWE, please give shoot about ur fans, make Jillian the next contender!
Who can it be anyways?
Beth…boring.
Kelly…iffy.
Gail…bad memories.
Rosa…well…Rosa.
SO yeah, give Jillian a chance to SHINE!!! WE LOVE YOU JILLY
-takes out two candles and puts on a Jill tshirt-
WWE probably won’t never push Jillian to a diva title.
But the match was decent IMO. I agree with you I think this was a test for Alicia I hope she pass. I think Mickie had more chemistry with Alicia than other girls. The match was very slow paced but I think it was decent. I just hope they drop the Alicia and Mickie thing like they did with Katie and Mickie.
*Enters the ring, interrupting Mickie’s and Alicia’s match.
*Looks up and down at Alicia Fierce.
“Alicia, Imma let you have ur moment, Imma let u wrestle…BUT JILLIAN HALL HAS GOT ONE OF THE BEST TECHNIQUES EVER!!”
I’d so do that :D
NEVER SAY NEVER.I mean,she probably won’t get pushed,i’m not going to hold my breath but all I’m saying is she could if WWE just gives her a chance
what is going to happend from here to 5 weeks with the diva title?
maybe rosa or jillian #1 contender
and they are going to lose like beth, gail and alicia did
WHO KNOWS¡?
but what i know is that maryse is comming back in 5 weeks, and she would get her vendetta
Well I guess this would be it with Mickie and Alicia. Becuase on Raw poll they said who would next challenger to reigning Divas Champion Mickie James?..
womp womp. I just hope that this doesn’t mean anything.
Poll results:
Beth Phoenix 2.88 %
Gail Kim 10.12 %
Jillian 80.53 %
Kelly Kelly 6.31 %
Rosa Mendes 0.14 %
Total Votes: 62196
But it wont matter, Jillian probably doesnt have the right friends backstage. Or maybe WWE just doesnt have faith in her as a champion. But when you are jobbing for 5 straight years, its highly unlikely she is suddenly going to get a push. I seriously wonder why they havent fired her yet, they dont even use her on house shows anymore. Maybe she has like 1 match a month and about 2 backstage sketches on RAW/month. But obviously Jillian is content with her situation, else she would’ve quit already.
@Mikas – I’d stay there, rather be angry with money, than angry lookin’ for a job :D
Well,we can go back and forth with this until we’ll all blue in the face but at the end of the day,it’s WWE’s booking so lets just kick back and see what happens.I hope Jillian gets a push,you would think 5 years of jobbing should result in some kind of award
Mikas-Jillian does work House houses,she just doesn’t get many matches,the last house show she was in was a few weeks ago
Please keep your comments on topic. This post doesn’t really have much to do with Jillian.
PedroPedroso-I laughed so hard!LOL
Melanie-Sorry,I guess we all just want a Jillian push…..bad.I’ve been observing for the past few months,and it seems that the ~Jillian Movement~ has been manifesting to it’s highest point over the past few weeks and months.JILLIAN RULES!!!
Moving on,decent match.Not exactly my cup of tea,but I liked it.If it was a test,Alicia passed with flying Foxyness.Judging from Alicia’s past outings with Angela,and Mickie’s past outings with…..everyone,they could’ve pulled off the fast-paced-ness better than anyone else,even better than Michelle and Melina,that’s right,I SAID IT!!!
Has anyone noticed that Mickie’s best matches of her career have been against jillerzz?No?Well then you need to go to youtube and check out their past Sunday Night Heat matches,they were friggin awesome!Jillian for next Diva’s Champ!Who’s with me?!
good match, it seemed alicia didnt get much offence tho,
mickie needs a new finnisher
it? shouldnt require the oponent to do all the work
alicia eaver wasnt strong enough or wasnt expecting the DDT, i hope she is ok, that looked painfull
Jillian has become quite sloppy and lazy in the last few times she’s been in the ring, everyone remember that horrible showing in the Battle Royal a few weeks back? Plus, those horrible lip injections have made it quite hard to look at her anymore.
Now on to the match, I’m was very pleased with what I saw (on YouTube nontheless hehe) from both girls. Mickie didn’t seem as off as she has been recently and Alicia more than held her own in her first PPV match. I liked the fact that the match was more slow because it made it less apparent that both Divas have a limited moveset right now. All they both have is their signature moves, and yes I know Mickie can do more but lately she has become a “I’ll just do my spots” person. Alicia can probably do more too and thats what I’d like to see from her very soon because she has all she needs to be a top Diva. But at least their spots looked good, especially Alicia’s backbreaker which still surprises me everytime she pulls it off, such an un Diva-esque move. The arch on the northern lights suplex was very impressive, Alicia needs more moves that show off her long, limber body. The DDT looked impressive/scary, like it was effective but also insanely devasting and it seemed Alicia was really rocked by it. But overall, I’d give the match a 3.5/5 for a Divas match because these days they are usually cringeworthy.
I thought this was a decent match-up, and a nice first test for Alicia Fox last night. I seriously think Mickie needs to get a new finisher, or she’s going to end up hurting someone very severly with that DDT of hers. Other than that, I liked the match.
I thought the match was nice…this really was a start for Alicia Fox and I hope they continute their fued for the next month leading with Alicia winning the title…but most likley mayrse will return and win the divas championship bak.
If anyone gets hurt by Mickie Jame’s DDT its their own doing. If Alicia or any Diva for that matter doesn’t know when Mickie’s DDT is coming, they’re far too absent minded to be in the ring.
Glad to see Mickie with a new outfit. I noticed it’s the same colors as the Divas belt. I wonder if it hints that she’s keeping the belt for a while.
“as anyone noticed that Mickie’s best matches of her career have been against jillerzz?No?Well then you need to go to youtube and check out their past Sunday Night Heat matches,they were friggin awesome!Jillian for next Diva’s Champ!Who’s with me?!”
I’m going to have to disagree, Mickie’s best matches, I think, have been with Melina, those two have ridiculously amazing chemistry with each other.
The Mickie/Alicia match wasn’t anything spectacular, honestly it really wasn’t necessary, I would’ve preferred to have Mickie/Alicia title match on Raw and Melina/Michelle on the PPV
What’s happened to Mickie?! I’m not a hater but the last few matches I’ve seen her in she seems to be working against the other wrestler she just doesn’t give an inch, she should take into account the other persons size and strength she executed that DDT as if she was doing it on someone like Victoria/Tara who would easily hold her, I’m not calling Mickie Fat by the way but the fact of the matter is twice in that match Mickie failed to work with Fox the DDT and the northern lights Mickie is at the top and it seems as though she just expects people to be able to take her moves regardless of their sizes etc… Gail Kim also has the same problem against Mickie, James has become lazy and sloppy in my view.